[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 29, 2026] FTC Settlement Limits Corteva Pesticide Loyalty Rebates (AgWeb) Announced Sept. 28, 2026, Corteva has settled the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit accusing it of using distributor loyalty programs to keep lower-priced generic pesticides out of the market. The settlement runs for 10 years and includes a $35 million payment to the 12 states that joined the case. agweb.com/news/business/ftc-…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 29, 2026] California Antitrust Bill Raises Liability Risk, If Newsom Signs (Bloomberg Law) Business groups in California took some of the sting out of lawmakers’ attempts to strengthen antitrust laws, but the overhaul would still push state rules beyond federal standards. Under the proposed expanded law sitting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) desk, state and county district attorneys could sue individual companies, even those acting alone, for engaging in alleged anticompetitive practices. news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomb…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 29, 2026] Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure (The New York Times) The Senate on Monday approved a sweeping remake of collegiate sports regulations in an effort to restore stability to an athletic landscape that has been upended by constant transfers, frequent shifts in conference membership and an infusion of money from wealthy boosters eager to lure top talent nytimes.com/2026/09/28/us/po…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 29, 2026] Paramount and states defend antitrust settlement from Cory Booker (Variety) Paramount and a coalition of 12 state attorneys general defended their antitrust settlement on Monday from a series of criticisms raised last week by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. msn.com/en-us/news/other/par…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 28, 2026] WordPress Can’t Escape Antitrust Claims From Trademark ‘War’ (Bloomberg Law) WordPress.com owner Automattic Inc. and its CEO must face antitrust claims over its power in the market for web content management systems, a federal judge ruled, pointing to evidence they took a “scorched earth nuclear approach” during a trademark dispute. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 28, 2026] Alkermes Fails to Fend Off Addiction Treatment Antitrust Claim (Bloomberg Law) Ireland-based Alkermes Plc will continue litigating claims it delayed the generic version of the blockbuster Vivitrol, after a federal judge said the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the firm schemed to monopolize the market for a medication to treat opioid and alcohol use disorder. news.bloomberglaw.com/antitr…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 28, 2026] Apple, Amazon face revived UK consumer lawsuit over product sales (Reuters) Britain's Competition Appeal Tribunal allowed part of a revived consumer lawsuit against Apple and Amazon to proceed on Monday over claims they restricted competition. reuters.com/legal/litigation…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 25, 2026] Protect College Sports Act scheduled for historic final vote in U.S. Senate on Monday (The New York Times) A federal bill addressing many of the top issues in college sports was approved for a final vote in the U.S. Senate to take place on Monday, Sept. 28, when it is expected to pass. The bipartisan bill, co-authored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), would give the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption to establish new rules on athlete eligibility, transfers and player compensation, as well as put notable restraints on conference realignment and a future super league. nytimes.com/athletic/7627062…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 25, 2026] Judge Questions Legal Points of Paramount’s Settlement With States at Hearing, Says a Ruling Will Come in ‘Due Course’ (Variety) The judge overseeing the antitrust case filed by 12 state attorneys general seeking to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger questioned the parties about their settlement at a hearing Thursday. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has not yet ruled on whether to approve the proposed settlement, and set the virtual hearing to cover “outstanding questions” about it. She did not indicate when she might issue a ruling, saying that it would be coming in “due course.” variety.com/2026/film/news/j…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 25, 2026] Paul Weiss calls bid to disqualify law firm in sugar antitrust case ‘gamesmanship’ (Reuters) Law firm Paul Weiss urged a federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday to reject a bid from Mondelēz and other major food manufacturers to disqualify the firm from defending Domino Sugar and its owner ASR Group in a group of lawsuits over alleged pricefixing in the sugar industry. reuters.com/legal/government…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 25, 2026] French antitrust watchdog raids landscaping service companies (Reuters) The French competition watchdog raided several landscaping service companies on Friday it suspects of engaging in anti-competitive practices. reuters.com/legal/litigation…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 25, 2026] Italy regulator closes P&G hair removal device probe after ad commitments (Reuters) Italy's antitrust authority said on Friday it had closed its investigation into U.S. consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble's claims for a hair removal device, after the company committed to address the regulator's concerns. reuters.com/legal/litigation…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 24, 2026] Block the Merger Coalition Files Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal (Variety) A coalition of groups working under the Block the Merger banner have filed an emergency request to oppose Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a court hearing in California this morning pertaining to the deal. variety.com/2026/film/global…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 24, 2026] US judge steps aside in dispute over Hawaii energy settlement (Reuters) A federal judge in Hawaii has disqualified himself from hearing a dispute over whether a decades-old price-fixing settlement bars the state from suing Chevron and other energy companies over climate change, concluding that he has a potential conflict of interest as a Hawaiian resident. reuters.com/legal/government…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 24, 2026] Novartis defeats drug-purchaser lawsuit over delay of Entresto generics (Reuters) A federal judge in Manhattan ruled for Novartis on Wednesday against allegations that it misused one of its patents to maintain its exclusivity on its blockbuster heart-failure drug Entresto. reuters.com/legal/government…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 24, 2026] OpenAI says SEC disclosures undermine xAI’s antitrust lawsuit (Reuters) ChatGPT maker OpenAI asked a Texas federal judge to throw out an antitrust lawsuit brought by Elon Musk's AI startup xAI before trial, arguing that disclosures by xAI parent company SpaceX undermine claims that Apple's partnership with OpenAI shut out rivals. reuters.com/legal/government…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 23, 2026] Florida Sues Lilly, Sanofi, CVS in Insulin Antitrust Action (Bloomberg Law) The largest makers of insulin and GLP-1s, as well as pharmacy benefit manager giants and rebate companies, were sued by the Florida attorney general Tuesday in an antitrust case claiming unlawful collusion. news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 23, 2026] Judge Dismisses Unusual Climate Suit Claiming Oil Giants Broke Antitrust Law (The New York Times) A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Michigan’s novel antitrust lawsuit against oil companies over their role in climate change. nytimes.com/2026/09/22/clima…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 23, 2026] EU’s SpaceX Rival Won’t Get Free Pass, Antitrust Chief Warns (Bloomberg Law) The European Union’s antitrust chief warned that a proposed satellite venture seen as the region’s answer to SpaceX won’t get any preferential treatment from deals watchdogs — despite being lauded by her boss Ursula von der Leyen. news.bloomberglaw.com/antitr…

[ABA Antitrust Daily Digest September 23, 2026] Google faces UK push to put AI assistants on Android, Chrome choice screens (Reuters) Britain's competition watchdog on Wednesday put forward proposals to give Google Android and Chrome users greater choice and control over the search services they use, including AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Perplexity. reuters.com/legal/litigation…